Low, Hugh, 1824-1905
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- Summary
- Sir Hugh Low, was a British colonial administrator and naturalist. After a long residence in various colonial roles in Labuan, he was appointed as British administrator in the Malay Peninsula where he made the first trials of Hevea rubber in the region. He is often considered the first successful British administrator in the region, whose methods became models for subsequent British colonial operation in the entire South East Asia Region. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1824 [2]
- 1824-05-10 [4]
- Birth Place
- Upper Clapton [4]
- Died
- 1905 [2]
- 1905-04-18 [4]
- Death Place
- Alassio [4]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- Occupation
- botanist [4]
- naturalist [4]
- Profession
- Botaniker [2]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. Wikidata
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